Commissions of Inquiry
Praise or Reappraise?
Allan Manson, David Mullan
Commissions of inquiry have had a significant role in the development of public policy in Canada. Historically, Canadian governments have relied on these bodies to consider broad matters of national importance, and the recommendations from these commissions have sometimes led to profound changes in the way in which we are governed.
Subjects: Law, Politics
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Preface
Introduction by Allan Manson and David Mullan PART ONE: OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1: Canadian Commissions of Inquiry: An Insider's Perspectives
Thomas Berger PART TWO: SECURING POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY
CHAPTER 2: Commissions of Inquiry and Governmental Accountability: Recent British Experience
A.W. Bradley
CHAPTER 3: Securing Accountability Through Commissions of Inquiry: A Role for the Law Commission of Canada
Robert Centa and Patrick Mecklem
CHAPTER 4: Commentary
David P. Shugarman and Denis Lemieux
CHAPTER 5: Commissions of Inquiry: Some Thoughts from New Zealand
K.J. Keith PART THREE: DEVELOPING POLICY BY ROYAL COMMISSION
CHAPTER 6: The Complex Relationship Between Inquiries and Public Controversy
Liora Salter
CHAPTER 7: The Policy Inquiry: An Endangered Species?
John D. McCamus
CHAPTER 8: Challenging Policy Paradigms: Women, Royal Commissions, and the Public-Private Divide
Annis May Timpson PART FOUR: WHO DID WHAT TO WHOM INQUIRIES
CHAPTER 9: Public Inquiries and the Legality of Blaming: Truth, Justice, and the Canadian Way
A. Wayne MacKay and Moira G. McQueen
CHAPTER 10: Commentary
Ann Derrick
CHAPTER 11: Declaration of Independence: Examining the Independence of Federal Public Inquiries
Tamar Witelson
CHAPTER 12: Interview with Mr. Justice Gilles Létourneau, Somalia Commission Chair
Tamar Witelson PART FIVE: THE METHODOLOGY OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS: HOW TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY AND THE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
CHAPTER 13: The Bernardo Investigation Review
Justice Archie Campbell
CHAPTER 14: Procedural, Strategic, and Legal Constraints upon a Non-statutory Inquiry: A Case Study
Margaret Allars PART SIX: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND REFORMING THE PROCESSES OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 15: Public Inquiries
Bryan Schwartz
CHAPTER 16: Commentary
Ann Chaplin CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 17: Interrogating Inquiries
Roderick A. MacDonald
CHAPTER 18: Concluding CommentsHudson N. Janisch
CHAPTER 19: Lessons from Walkerton
Allan Manson and David Mullan About the Authors
Selected Canadian Bibliography
Index
Course Adoptions:
Public Administration
Comparative overview of role of Commissions of Inquiry in Commonwealth jurisdictions
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